Guest commentary: Maintain steady course for clean energy in state

2:45 PM,
Nov. 5, 2013

Written by

Thomas Sheley

Much has been reported in the last several years about a nationwide debate on ways that our energy supply should evolve.

Some of this is market-driven based upon the recent discovery of additional natural gas reserves here in America. Some of it centers around heightened emphasis on renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, which reduce emissions but tend to be expensive.

I have watched this dialogue since the 1970s, when global geopolitics ushered in a new focus on our domestic energy policy. It was then that America took serious steps toward energy security by developing more ...